A history of the progress of the calculus of variations during the nineteenth century

This Elibron Classics edition is a facsimile reprint of a 1861 edition by Macmillan and Co., Cambridge. A HISTORY OF THE PROGRESS OF THE CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY ......Page 1 PREFACE ......Page 3 CONTENTS ......Page 9 CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS. CHAPTER 1. LAGRANGE, LACROIX. ......Page 11 CHAPTER II. DIKKSEK OHM. ......Page 38 CHAPTER III. GAUSS ......Page 47 CHAPTER IV. POISSON ......Page 63 CHAPTER V. OSTROGKADSKY ......Page 121 CHAPTER VI. DELAUNAY ......Page 150 CHAPTER VII. SARRUS ......Page 192 CHAPTER VIII. CAUCHY ......Page 220 CHAPTER IX. LEGENDRE, BRUNACCI, JACOBL ......Page 239 CHAPTER X. COMMENTATORS ON JACOBL ......Page 264 CHAPTER XI. ON JACOBFS MEMOIR ......Page 321 CHAPTER XII. MISCELLANEOUS MEMOIRS ......Page 343 CHAPTER XIII. SYSTEMATIC TREATISES ......Page 383 CHAPTER XIV. MINOR TREATISES ......Page 446 CHAPTER XV. MISCELLANEOUS AKTICLES ......Page 480 CHAPTER XVI. ......Page 494 CHAPTER XVII. CONDITIONS OF INTEGKABIL1TY ......Page 515 1. IT is the object of the present work to trace the progress of the Calculus of Variations during the nineteenth century.